Chance me for UNC-Chapel Hil!

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Hi, I’m a current high school senior applying for college and I was wondering where I stand for getting accepted into UNC!

Race: Asian American (Indian)
Gender: Female
In-State
School: Large, public in NC
Intended major: want to do the pre-med track but interested in majoring in Business

GPA: 4.54 (weighted), 4.0 (unweighted)

Straight As 9-11th grade; (currently have 2 Bs, 3 As)

SAT: 1440 (superscore)
ACT: 32 composite (33 superscore)

AP’s:
AP World (5)
AP Lang (5)
APES (4)
AP Chemistry (3)
APUSH (3)
AP Stats
AP Spanish

Current senior classes taking: ap calc ab + bc; ap lit and comp.; ap psychology; ap biology; multicultural studies, sociology 101 (online college class)

EC’s/Activities/Leadership

  1. NCSSM Summer Ventures - selective state STEM-oriented summer program; conducted research and won the Honorary Catalyst Award for it; applying to be a part of the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (4-week program)

  2. Taekwondo - 2nd at Hataekyung Taekwondo Championship; Black Belt certified; competed in competitions; an instructor for color-belt classes; volunteer after school (7-12th)

  3. HOSA - Won BJS Award for 100+ service hours & 6th in Epidemiology at state; As President, led meetings & managed service events; recruited 50+ members (9-12th)

  4. Red Cross Blood Drive - Organized a blood drive with Red Cross; emailed & called connections; created online flyers; volunteered at drive; had a turnout of 40+ total donors (12th)

  5. Novant Medical Center - Volunteer Certified; in Medical Surgery & Mother-Baby Dept.; shadowing doctors; assisted in-room patients, made gift-bags & family packs (11th-12th)

  6. Public Library Volunteer - In summer, took part in Satellite Studio; taught patrons & kids about technology; In the school year, I shelved books, tutored, & reading buddies. (11th-12th)

  7. Chargers Ambassadors - Junior Leader; Helped new students adjust to school; As Junior leader, led school tours, organized parties for students, welcome goodie-bags, started lunch buddies (10-12)

  8. Music Teacher - Self-started; Gave weekly vocal and guitar lessons; Collected own material and taught 45-minute classes; tested students monthly on content mastery (11-12)

  9. Peer Tutoring - Course Certified Peer tutor; met with peers one-on-one; had 3 students who got an A on their test I helped them study for. (10-12)

  10. CLTTS - Planted trees locally w/ Charlotte Trees; Organized booths at monthly events; composed vocal performances & group dances annually (7th-12th)

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You’re getting in lol, don’t really get why people with 4.5+ GPA’s and extremely long lists of Ec’s do “chance me” threads if they know they’re good enough. Just an ego seeking tbh.

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@c&tv13 not ego seeking just a worried applicant bc I’ve had friends w similar stats not get in and my graduating class is hella competitive

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What county are you in?

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@CCEdit_Torrey Cabarrus!

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You’re applying in the early round? I would be very surprised if you didn’t get in. Make sure you don’t race through your essays - put a lot of thought into them. You never know what will put you over the line if it comes down between you and one other person, but I think your chances are high. Good luck to you!

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The Common Data Sets for colleges and universities provide relevant information. Part C7 tells you what factors are considered in the admissions decision, and it also tells you how those admissions factors are weighted (relatively) by each school. For example, UNC-CH’s CDS, here, https://oira.unc.edu/files/2018/06/CDS_2017-2018_20180605.pdf, states that standardized test scores, application essay(s), letter(s) of recommendation, and the rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.

Further, Part C9 of the Common Data Set gives the median 50% for both SAT and ACT scores, as well as the percentage of the entering first-year class falling within certain ranges of SAT and ACT scores; Part C11 gives the percentage of entering first-year students falling within a range of unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, and Part C12 gives the average high school GPA of first-year applicants. Looking at these statistics for the enrolled students should give you a rough idea of how your GPA and standardized test scores compare for recent enrollees at UNC-CH.

Based on your current information, you will probably be very competitive for UNC-CH, but be mindful of both the academic and non-academic admissions factors that UNC-CH considers “very important” and “important”.

Also, be aware (if you are not already) that the UNC System is making an effort to increase enrollment of North Carolina students from under-represented and/or economically distressed counties, as set forth in a document styled “Higher Expectations”: The Strategic Plan for the University of North Carolina (2017-2022). At Page 9 in that document, it states as follows:

“2. Rural: By fall 2021, increase enrollment of students from Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties by 11% over fall 2016 levels (an average of 2% per year) to reduce the existing participation gap by at least half.”

(Counties are placed in “tiers” as follows: “The N.C. Department of Commerce annually ranks the state’s 100 counties based on economic well-being and assigns each a Tier designation. The 40 most distressed counties are designated as Tier 1, the next 40 as Tier 2 and the 20 least distressed as Tier 3. A county automatically qualifies as Tier 1 if it has a population less than 12,000 people or if it has a population less than 50,000 and a poverty rate of 19 percent or greater. A county automatically qualifies as Tier 2 if it has a population less than 50,000.”)

https://www.northcarolina.edu/sites/default/files/unc_strategic_plan.pdf

You can probably determine whether living in Cabarrus County might be a positive or negative in regard to your chances, due to the implementation of this policy.

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yeah you’re right, honestly though good luck and I’m really confident you’ll get in

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If your school district offers Naviance, log in, see how many kids from your school got in, the last three years. Say, the number is around 50. If your rank is in the top 35, you’re most likely in. If not, you might still get in. Reason I say this: One of my twins last year, had similar stats, higher Test Scores, comparable ECs. Was deferred, then accepted. Of course, he chose to go elsewhere, but that’s not the point. His class rank was 80-ish, out of 700+, and UNC accepted 75-80 students from his Charlotte area school the past three years. Most of his friends outside the top 60 did not get in, some outside the top 100 did- Good Luck!